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Read one verse of Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta with its Bengali, transliteration, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 7.43
এ সব শুনিয়া প্রভু হাসে মনে মনে ।
উপেক্ষা করিয়া কারো না কৈল সম্ভাষণে ॥ ৪৩ ॥
e saba śuniyā prabhu hāse mane mane
upekṣā kariyā kāro nā kaila sambhāṣaṇe
Hearing all this blasphemy, Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu merely smiled to Himself, rejected all these accusations and did not talk with the Māyāvādīs.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Hearing the blasphemy, Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu merely smiled to Himself and rejected the accusations.
He did not talk with the Māyāvādīs. The purport explains that devotees do not wish to waste valuable time in such conversations.
When a genuine opportunity arises, devotees present their philosophy with great vigor. Avoiding wasted discussion does not mean avoiding every opportunity to teach.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Collective delight. The Pañca-tattva gives divine love a relational and communal form.
The mood of Ādi 7 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
Learn the words of the verse.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Sādhu-saṅga · Love grows through association
Spiritual association shapes the movement, empowers disciples, and reveals truths through loving conversations. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “conversations”, “discussion”
Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can I distinguish a useful spiritual discussion from one that merely wastes time?
Before entering a debate today, pause and consider whether it offers a real opportunity to explain devotional philosophy.
His recorded lectures on this verse, and the talks where he quotes it.
1 lecture given on it. Recordings and transcripts on prabhupada.io.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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